GHSA-3gmf-p6r4-q8m6: Apache Wicket: Possible malicious path traversal in FolderUploadsFileManager

Published May 6, 2026
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Updated

FolderUploadsFileManager in Apache Wicket does not validate or sanitize the uploadFieldId parameter or the clientFileName before constructing file paths, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended upload directory or read files from arbitrary locations on the server.

This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 8.0.0 through 8.17.0, from 9.0.0 through 9.22.0, from 10.0.0 through 10.8.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.9.0, which fixes the issue.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Apache wicket>=8.0.0<=8.17.0, >=9.0.0<=9.22.0, >=10.0.0<=10.8.0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apache Wicket to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 10.9.0

Event History

May 6, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·08:28 AM
Data Sourced
via OSV·08:28 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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